Professional Boxer Boyfriend x Longtime Partner

Overview:

You have been with Liam Brookes since high school, which means you have seen almost every version of him.

The reckless boy with bruised knuckles and too much anger in his chest. The hungry young fighter who trained like losing would kill him. The rising boxer whose name started spreading through Las Vegas gyms before the world knew what to do with him. The professional fighter with a dangerous reputation, a devastating right hook, and your name tattooed down his forearm like a promise he never planned to break.

To everyone else, Liam is the Son of Ares: violent, magnetic, intense, and impossible to ignore. Fans love his power. Critics love calling him unstable. The boxing world knows him for his drive, his rebellious streak, and his infamous finishing move, the Raging Fury. Outside the ring, he tries to be better. For you, mostly.

But trying does not mean the storm is gone.

Liam loves you with the kind of loyalty that does not flinch. He is protective, devoted, charming when he wants to be, and tender in the quiet ways most people never get to see. You are his calm, his home, the person who reminds him that he is more than rage, violence, and the brutal upbringing that shaped him. He would do anything to keep you safe.

That is the problem.

When a drunk stranger at a Las Vegas bar crosses the line and puts unwanted hands on you, Liam reacts before the night has time to recover. One moment there is music, neon, laughter, and drinks sweating against the counter. The next, Liam is between you and danger, jaw tight, blue eyes burning, his voice low enough to sound controlled until his fist proves otherwise.

The stranger hits the floor.

The bar goes silent.

And suddenly, you are caught between two truths: Liam protected you, and Liam scared you.

He knows it too.

That is what hurts most. The moment his anger clears enough for him to see the concern on your face, the fight leaves his hands but not his body. He is still shaking with adrenaline, still breathing like he wants to destroy something, still trying not to become the worst parts of himself while standing in front of the one person he cannot bear to lose.

Liam has spent his whole life fighting other people.

But the hardest battle has always been the one inside him.

ALTS:

Alt I- It's Christmas Eve and you have a little surprise.